LAUNCHING THE ONE WORLD BOOK CLUB
Alphonse Heningburg, Executive Director, signs the prospectus
which completes the organization of THE ONE W ORLD BOOK
CLUB. K. Altlci, famous Greek actress, and Mbonu Ojike, author
of "My Africa." (both standing) join Rolph Sues, author of ‘‘Shark’s
Fins and Millet” in studying the program of the Club. THE ONE
^ ORLD BOOK CLL B, which promotes and distributes books
about minority groups, is located at 227 West 13th Street, New
\ ork City. The prospectus was signed in the studio of E. Segredakis,
art dealer.
NEW YORK — Announcement
was made here last week by Al
phonse H ningborg, Executive Di
rector. cf the organization of The
One World Book Club, for the pro
motion and distribution of books
touching the life and activities of
minority groups in this country*
The major purpose of the organi
zation is to encourage the reading
of fiction and non-fiction which
promotes the basic philosophy of
One World of friendliness and un
derstanding. The Club is chartered
under the laws of the State of New
York, and is incorporated at one
hundred thousand dollars.
The first offering of the Club,
which is located at 227 West 13th
Street, is George Wylie Hender
son's new novel JULE. to be pub
lished in September. This second
novel of Mr. Henderson, which
tells the story of a deep-country
Negro boy who wanted to attic unt
to something in this world, and
■who never forgets the teachings
of “Oliie Miss", his mother, even
when facing the temptations of
Harlem, has already received en
thusiatstic advance notices.
In commenting on bis new book
Henderson said: ‘ I have been con
scious of Jule for a number of
years, for I have seen many Jules
His is the story* of every Negri,
in America. It springs from the
soil, from simple realities. But
the story of Jule couldn t be told
In a vacuum. It had to be a per
sonal story—a story with feeling
and human dignity, sometimes
shot through with ruthless bru-1
tality. But inevitably, it had to be1
the story of a boy who wanted to
be somebody.
“In putting Jule on paper. I
merely tried to be the medium
through which his story could be
told. It wasn't for me to determine
Its substance and character, nor
its causes and effects. It was for
me to give it direction and a cer
tain vitality. Beyond that. I did
not choose to" go. If. then. Jule il
luminates some of the basic ele
ments in the character of the Ne
gro in America—his longings, his
aspirations, his will to echieve—
the purpose for writing Jule has
been served."
Girt books of The One World
Book Club for the fall include:
“One Nation”, a text anJ picture
study of eight minorities in this
country, and Buel G. Gallagher's
••Color and Conscience". Galla
gher's study is a challenge to the
Christian church to re-examine
and to change its attitude on the
question of color.
Included among the Club's Ad
visory Board of twenty persons
are: Louis Adamic; Pearl Buck;
Henrietta Buck master; Edwin R.
Eipbree: l>»*ter B. Granger; Rab
bi Stephen S. Wise; Charles S.
Johnson; Mbonu Ojike: Charles
H Wesley; and Roy Wilkins. Jos
ef Riwkin. president of The One
World Book Club, and Abram Ka
gan. Secretary-Treasurer, repre
sent a combined experience of 45
years in the publishing field. As
owners of" the International Uni
versities Press, they have establi
shed an enviable reputation in the
trade and with the reading public.
Alphonse Heninburg. lecturer in
the School of Education of New
York University, and widely know n
for his iectures in the field of in
terracial understanding, is vie e
. president of the corporation and
executive Director of the Club.
Veterans’ Disibilty
During July the Nebraska Re
gional office of the Veterans' Ad
ministration reduced its backlog
. of veterans' disability and compen
sation cases by 30 percent and cut
the number of pending cases to
the lowest point in more than six
months. Ashley Westmoreland,
manager, reported today.
“At the close of the month there
were 2.236 veterans within our jur
isdiction awaiting processing of
their pension or compensation
claims. This number compares to
3,159 at the close of June, and
6,885 at the close of February'
The figures, he said, include both
World War i and World War II
veterans, but added that the over
whelming number are of World
War B. There are now 14,068 vet
erans of both wars receiving pen
sions or compensation in Nebraska
an increase of 274 over a month
.ago.
Despite college summer reces
ses 12 208 veterans, the highest
number of the year, were in VA
training and education programs
in Nebraska at the close of July.
The total. Westmoreland explained,
includes veterans recieving on-the
job trianing and compares with
11,808 for a month ago. Vocation
al -ehabilitation cases are not in
cluded.
During July, the VA processed
576 loans for Nebraska veterans
under the so called G I bill. The
loans averaged $3,907 of which
$1,947 is guaranteed by the fed
eral government. Loans cleared
during the month brought to $11.
882.753 the total borrowed by Ne
braska veterans under the G I bill.
Of this amount $5,842,195 is guar
anteed said Westmoreland.
i OUR '
GUEST
Column
i
Edited by Verna P. Harris
TODAY THEM. TOMORROW US
By Gloster B. Current newly
appointed Director of Branches,
NAACP; Executive Secretary,
Detroit Branch, NAACP
When the Army evacuated the
entire 115,000 people of Japanese
blood from the Pacific Coast and
herded them into concentration
camps, many a Negro throughout
the country felt a sense of appre
hension always experienced in the
face of oppression: Today THEM,
tomorrow US. For once the pre
cedent had been established of
dealing with persons on the basis
of race or creed, none of us could
consider ourselves safe from fu
ture security’ measures.
I suppose that a similar spirit
and feeling of one-ness motivated
two Jewish high school girls in
New York who recently rejected
scholastic medals offered to them
by the Daughters of the American
Revolution. According to the daily
papers, Betty Goldberg and Flor
ence Kaufman of Seward Park
High School declared they could
not accept medals from an organ
ization that discriminated against
Negroes.
A courageous act. It was on a
higher plane of courage than the
physical bravery displayed by a
lifeguard or a fireman or a stret
| cher-bearer in battle. It was the
kind of pioneering courage which
is going to change the race rela
tions picture in America. The DAR
is in a morally vulnerable posi
tion and knows it. A few more of
these blows will leave it reeling
and gasping for breath.
It isn't hard to figure out why
other minorities are standing up
and fighting for Negroes more
and more. Refugee Jews, as well
as those born in this country, have
, realized in the past ten years how
fascists throughout the world think
alike, act alike, persecute alike.
I When Hitler decreed that Jews
must ride in segregated trains and
trolleys, he wasn't concocting an
original idea. He borrowed it from
his brothers in Mississippi. When
Catholics found themselves in Ger
man concentration camps, they
must have felt a kinship for Ne
groes who are railroaded into Dixie
chain gangs, lynched in southern
states When a west coast oriental
encounters signs forbidding him to
enter certain parks and other pu
blic facilities, he cant help but
grasp the mutual plight of jim
crowed Negroes.
Despite what human oeings know
in their hearts and minds, how
ever, it is another thing to follow
through in day-to-day behavior.
The easy way out is to circumvent
and detour around the harrassing
problems of other minorities. Our
job and bread ar.d butter may be
at stake. A scolarship might be
jeopardized. Our parents or wives
or husbands may be unwilling to
buck the popular tide. All sorts of
pressures and ties are at work to
make us conform.
I salute Betty Goldberg and
Florence Kaufman for disregard
casting aside a medal which the
haughty DAR awarded them as
the two students with highest in
grades. Their sense of integrity
World Peace To Be Theme of Community Night Program
The Peace Caravan, which is
stationed in Omaha this summer
under the National sponsorship of
the American Friends Service,
will participate on the Community
Night Program on the east lawn
of Hillside Presbyterian Church,
Thursday August 15th.
This program which is sponsor
ed weekly by the Near Northside
Branch of the Omaha Young Mens'
Christian Association and the Com
munitv Service Committee of Hill
side Church, will include a short
skit by the young ladies of the
caravan, the singing ol' songs of
international origin or theme, and
the showing of the motion picture
“Suffer Little Children”. The mo
tion picture referred to is the most
recent production dealing with
some of the problems of World
Peace. It represents the problem
as it affects children.
Pictured above is part of group j
attending one of the Community
Night Programs. Mr. John Butler
Executive Secretary of the Near
Northside Branch YMCA is pic
tured operating the motion pic
ture projector as Mr. Booker T.
Washington leads the crowd in
community singing. The programs
are held in the church sanctuary
in case of bad weather.
meant more to them than did the
scolastic honors. I hope all of us
remember this incident.
-APA
MORE THAN 1.000 ATTEND
AAF DAY AT LOCKBOURNE
More than 1000 persons attended
AAF Day as Lockbourne saluted
the, thirty-ninth anniversary of
the Army Air Forces August 1st.
Highlighting the day’s affair, the
base held Open House’ and mas
sed all troops in a colorful formal
retreat parade.
Visitors, friends and relatives
lined the parade grounds as Col.
B. O. Davis Jr., and his staff re
newed the troops. Overhead a
group of administrative aircraft
based on the field roared back and
forth. Leading the loose formation
was a C-47, Douglas Skytrain,
flanked on either side by a small j
twin-engine Beechcraft C-45 and j
tiny AT-6 Texans—The Army’s;
famed single-engine training plane i
The group was joined by a P-47 j
Thunderbolt, largest single-engine
fighter in the Army, the seven j
ton aircraft throttled back to near
stalling speed, dropped its ’ending
flaps to further reduce its speed
as it crawled along with its lum
bering sister ships.
Earlier in the day P-47’s and B
25's in mass formation flew a j
round-robin flight over the prin-;
cipal cities in Ohio, and bordering]
states. They covered Columbus, i
Louisville, and Dayton, and landed
at Scott Field, 111., where .the air- j
craft were' on exhibition at the
Scott Field ‘Open House’. I
NAACP PRESSES FOR
PASSAGE OF ANTI
LYNCHING BILL
NEW YORK, August 1st—In a
telegram to 263 members of the
House of Representatives, the Na
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People through
its secretary, Walter White, ur
ged Congressment to sign Dis
charge Petition No. 3 which would
bring the anti-lynching bill, HR
1698, to the floor of the House
for consideration. The telegram:
read as follows.
"Cold-blooded lynching of four
Negroes, one a veteran and two
others women, in Monroe, Georgia
July 26th, coupled with public by
Major W. E. Spence, chief of Ga.
bureau of investigation, that he
cannot cope with the situation’,
makes imperative Congress im
mediately enact anti-lynching bill.’
HR 1698 was introduced early
in this session of Congress but has
been stymied in the Rules Com
mittee of the House which pre
vented it from being brought to
the floor for consideration and
debate. In order to get it out of
the Rules Committee, it is neces
sary to have signatures of 218 re
presentatives on the Discharge
Petition. Up to July 29th the pe
tition lacked 100 signatures.
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